No me di ni cuenta

[mikemacabre]

No me di ni cuenta

Which is a more correct translation?
I didn't even notice or I didn't notice at all.

I got it from a song and the lyrics goes like this.

y al llegar la mañana
no me di ni cuenta
de que ya nunca estabas.

[Rusty]

Both of your translations mean the same thing to me, so both are correct. 'I didn't notice at all' is used less, for what it's worth.

[aleCcowaN]

Why notice and not realize? Both ni and nunca are used for emphasis meaning "I noticed you weren't there but I didn't realize you were gone for good"

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

Why notice and not realize? Both ni and nunca are used for emphasis meaning "I noticed you weren't there but I didn't realize you were gone for good"

It depends on the context, whether you need realize or notice: OED for dar cuenta:

Cuando la frase darse cuenta va seguida de una oración subordinada introducida por de que, en el español latinoamericano existe cierta tendencia a omitir la preposición de en el lenguaje coloquial - se dio cuenta que no iba a convencerla = he realized (that) he wasn't going to convince herdarse cuenta de algo to realize something; lo hizo/dijo sin darse cuenta he did/said it without realizing; ni se dio cuenta de que me había cortado el pelo he didn't even notice I'd had my hair cut; date cuenta de que es imposible you must see o realize that it's impossible; ella se da cuenta de todo she's aware of everything that's going on (around her); ¡eso me contestó! ¿tú te das cuenta? that's what he said! can you believe it o can you imagine?;

[mikemacabre]

Thanks for the input everyone. What is OED?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by mikemacabre

Thanks for the input everyone. What is OED?

Sorry, my mistake. I typed OED for Oxford English Dictionary, but actually meant GDO: Gran Diccionario Oxford (English-Spanish) (It comes with a CD and you can load it on the computer and use it as a cut-and-paste as I did above.)

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by Perikles

It depends on the context, whether you need realize or notice: OED for dar cuenta:

Cuando la frase darse cuenta va seguida de una oración subordinada introducida por de que, en el español latinoamericano existe cierta tendencia a omitir la preposición de en el lenguaje coloquial - se dio cuenta que no iba a convencerla = he realized (that) he wasn't going to convince herdarse cuenta de algo to realize something; lo hizo/dijo sin darse cuenta he did/said it without realizing; ni se dio cuenta de que me había cortado el pelo he didn't even notice I'd had my hair cut; date cuenta de que es imposible you must see o realize that it's impossible; ella se da cuenta de todo she's aware of everything that's going on (around her); ¡eso me contestó! ¿tú te das cuenta? that's what he said! can you believe it o can you imagine?;

Thank you.

In the context of those lyrics the meaning is ambiguous, but it refers to something exclusively perceived with the mind.